On The Handmaid’s Tale, Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and June’s (Elisabeth Moss) dynamic has become akin to a dysfunctional relationship, with Serena as that bad boyfriend you know you shouldn’t be dating. Last episode, she humiliated June after she dared to…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×06 Review: Gilead Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned In “First Blood”
After being nearly consumed by Offred, June (Elisabeth Moss) is back in “First Blood.” After waking up in the hospital inspired by her child stubbornly clinging to life, June is newly committed to escaping Gilead. Good thing, because she’s the…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×05 Review: Silence Sows Rebellion In “Seeds”
Where last week’s episode of The Handmaid’s Tale was unsettling and depressing, “Seeds” is bleak. June (Elisabeth Moss) has not only been returned to the Waterford house and had to conform all over again, all her coping mechanisms have been…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×04 Review: Defiance Has A Harrowing Cost In “Other Women”
The Handmaid’s Tale could never be called upbeat, but it goes to a truly dark place in the episode “Other Women.” There was heart-wrenching despair as June (Elisabeth Moss) came so close to escaping Gilead at the end of the…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×03 Review: Past Is Prologue And Burden In “Baggage”
After a very strong premiere, The Handmaid’s Tale once again shows its limitations in the episode “Baggage.” June (Elisabeth Moss) continues trying to build a life, and seems to be succeeding. But she can’t stay in her tenuous hiding place…
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Premiere: Off The Book, The Series Still Unsettles
When I was waiting for my sister to give birth to her first child, I fell into conversation with a nurse, as often happens when you hang out at a hospital for a long time. She asked me whether I…
Hulu’s The Path Season 3: 3×01-3×03 Review
The Path, which has never been a great show, continues its streak of being just-kind-of-okay into and beyond its third season premiere. Culturally, it’s always been “that Scientology show with Aaron Paul on Netflix… or wait, Hulu… or is it…